I wanted to preserve the feeling of remembering her just months after her death - the raw immediacy of it, so the… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I wanted to preserve the feeling of remembering her just months after her death - the raw immediacy of it, so the drafts were… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
Sometimes I need silence; sometimes I need voices around - but not too loud or distinctive. I guess it depends on the piece in… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I think the most reliable way to teach it is through reading work aloud over and over. Many prose writers been encouraged to do… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I wanted to dissolve the boundary between the outside world and the world of the relationships. Those events, with exception of the Mt. Saint… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
“How then, in the time that followed, did I become someone I didn't know?” — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think. — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I talk about it a lot to my students. Musicality never came up in any of own writing education, and I can see why… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
